tweaked version

tweaked version

pictures from Pateros

children of Pateros

"innocent eyes"

"playground"

"potty-trained""hallelujah" "this aint heavy"

*must give props to blove for the wonderful pics from Pateros

baptism of fire

baptism of fire

any self-respecting nursing student would sooner or later face the perils of the operating room. and if you're kind of squeamish and weak-hearted, this is not for you, i repeat, this is not for you.

just for the record, i do not have any claims to greatness and i'm not pretending like i don't feel like throwing up everytime i imagine layers of skin, fat and muscle being dissected, that i'm strong enough not to feel my stomach do tremendous backflips and somersaults everytime i smell the stench of burnt flesh from the cautery machine, that i do not wince at the sight of tons of sterile gauze soaked in blood and that i feel absolutely nothing when i see surgeons cutting through human flesh as if it were palatable meat. pretense is not mine.

on the first round of clinical duties, yes, we were assigned to the OR. and of course, as it is PGH, the OR would not just be a single room, instead a whole floor, a complex even and i tell you it really does live up to the name "OR complex". i have been to the ORC for about 3 days now, the first day we even toured the whole complex but until now, the slightest change of orientation (e.g. a closed door) would render a lost me. yeah, i have a very poor sense of direction plus the place was a literally a labyrinth. one time, they made me run after a stretcher which had gone from the ob-gyne OR room to the PACU(post anesthesia care unit) to give some stuff and when i turned to go back, i didn't know where i was, and where i was supposed to go. but no, i could not ask for directions. getting lost was not an excuse. through perhaps a combination of luck and (ahem ahem) woman's intuition i was able to go back to the nurse's station all in one piece. the labyrinth failed to consume me. :P

to be continued...

now here's some piece

now here's some piece

on commitment, love and the whole b.s. magillah.

love actually

must give props to arun for that.

lessons learned:

for the girls, stop pretending that we're always on the losing end here. once in a while you have to cut the guy some slack, yes, even just for the effort. and please, not everything is about you so stop being a drama queen and quit whining.

for the guys, at least you get to choose. hell, you can even spend a whole lifetime choosing, dating and checking out every female species you can. ergo, it would not be anyone's fault but yours if you do make sucky choices.

joke time muna

joke time muna

oo na. corny na kung corny. :p

Pedro: Galing ako sa doktor, nakabili nako nghearing aid. Grabe! ang linaw na ng pandinig ko!

Juan: Talaga?! Magkano bili mo?

Pedro: Kahapon lang.

LOLO: Gino paabot nga ng kape ko

APO: Lo, Gina po

LOLO: Gino paabot nga ng kutchara

APO: Lo, Gina po

LOLO: Punyeta ka Gino! Tigil-tigilan mo yang kabaklaan mo!

MISTER: pag namatay ka, isusulat ko sa nitso mo "MALAMIG NUNG BUHAY, MAS MALAMIG NUNG MAMATAY!"

MISIS: Ah ganun?! sa nitso mo naman "SA WAKAS NANIGAS DIN!"

WIFE: Himala! aga mong umuwi ngayon.

HUSBAND: Sunod ko lang utos ng boss ko. Sabi nya"GO TO HELL",

kaya ito uwi agad ako...

Lasing (takot): may multo sa banyo natin!

Wife: Ha? Bakit?

Lasing: kasi bumubukas yung ilaw pag papasok akong banyo eh.

Wife: punyeta ka! ikaw pala umiihi sa ref!

DAD: anak, bili mo ko softdrinx

ANAK: Coke or pepsi?

D: Coke

A: Diet or regular?

D: regular

A: bote o can?

D: bote

A: 8 oz o litro?

D: Punyeta!! tubig na lang!

A: viva o wilkins?

Juan: bday ng asawa ko

Pedro: ano regalo mo?

Juan: tinanong ko kung ano gusto niya.

P: ano naman sinabi?

J: Kahit ano basta may DIAMOND.

P: ano binigay mo?

J: Baraha.

Teacher: We are descendants of Adam and Eve!

Student: That's not true! My dad says we are descendants of an Ape!

Teacher: We are not talking about your FAMILY!

KRIMINAL1: "Pare, sigurado ka bang dito dadaanyung papatayin natin?"

KRIMINAL2: "Oo, nagtataka nga ako, 1 oras na tayodito wala parin siya!

Sana naman wlang nangyaring masama sa kanya."

** (in the obligatory AngTV-ish tone) Ngeee!!!

you know the world ain't safe when

you know the world ain't safe when

1) Ukranian women drug street children and drink their blood

- but no. they're not into that yucky stuff of biting their victim on the neck. instead, they use disposable syringes to draw blood. right... now that's safe!

2) Animal Homosexuality is too real

-please please follow link for clear visuals...

3) Students idolize Adolf Hitler

-Nazis don't rock mahn! and well, yeah, (surprise!) he's EVIL.

4) Snickers (TM) have poison threats
- in New South Wales , at least. wow! thought that was close.

5) Even donkeys have become sex addicts
- uhmm... f*ckin asses.

6) Pot clubs outnumber McDonalds
-or on second thought... maybe now, the world is safer.

rockology 107 @ UP Manila

rockology 107 @ UP Manila

sandwich: asteeeg. sabog siguro si raymund. pero ayos pa rin, saya ng tugtugan. galeng.

parokya ni edgar: ibang level ng kabangagan ito. galing ng tugtog. saya. and mind you, they are very,very down to earth people. walang star complex. mas astig yun. i seriously think, frontman chito was loaded with Prozac.

people: saya ng crowd. there were a bunch of sweaty, stenchy, non-UP, body slamming, bad apples but it was okay. annoying yet... well, still annoying. buti sana kung gwapo. hehe. mga ungas ang babaho niyo!

nakaka-high talaga. ibang klase. lalo na kung medyo malapit ka sa speaker at medyo feeling mo may dysrrythmia (oops geek alert!) ka na at sumasabay sa beat ng tugtugan yung puso mo. tapos pagkatapos medyo bingi ka na from auditory fatigue (geekzoid alert x 2). haha. ang saya nun!

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the famous tawas experiment

gone awry.

given really vague instructions as to the methodology of said experiment,

we went ahead and gave it a shot.

but to no avail.

crystals were supposed to grow. colors were supposed to appear.

yet all we had in the end was a shit-stained piece of alum.

so very "anti-climactic".